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The Wingham Times, 1909-12-23, Page 7TEM. We/ifiali4M TIMES, DECEMBER 23 IyuO Tads,°E I;,1 HOLLAND. . 'All ;,treets and Canals Bordered With t_ems or Lindens. Till, aver)tge Emelt limn Is au at - male ve t-` ra t1Ve piece in the stun met' moths, wince practh•ally every street and canal )1s bordered wittl shade trees. which 'Shat 0111 the glare of the suit and offer -cool and inviting avenues l'or the ex- .ploration of the tourist, The banks of 'these canals are generally terraced in two levels—the lower one for ware- houses and the upper for shops or dwellings, but each elevation is plant ed with trees. At best a city is an exceedingly poor location for tree culture. Narrow streets, with tall buildings, exclude the life giving sunlight; asphalt or closely paved walks prevent the necessary moisture from sinking into the ground and nourishing thirsty roots, and leak- age from the gas tnains is a deadly poison to all vegetation. For this rea- .,son care should be exercised in the selection of the variety of trees for • street planting in order to get the best results. In Holland time has demon- strated that the elm and linden should be placed in the first rank, for there are many examples of these species In Dutch towns which have withstood the ravages of more than two cen- turies. The elm appears to be the hardier of these two trees and will live under most edverse conditions. The Dutch municipalities expend large sums each year for the preserve - •til of their shade trees, but the re- • .s amply justify the cost for main- - ) r' Weekly. n n Hares W ease L y A MARRIAGE NOTICE. The Modern One Sounded Quite Grand to the Old Lady. Old Lady Goodyear laid down the paper with a sigh and looked over her spectacles at Grandfather Goodyear. "1 feel quite ashamed when I remem- ber our humble tnarriage notice," she said. "'Married, in the First Congregation- al church of Harborvflle, Abel Good- year to Mary Lawton; " chanted •Grandfatber Goodyear. "It read well, to my thinking." "Yes, for those days, but not for present times," said his old wife. "You know, Anastasia Cumming's daughter Laura married a Toby, and their daughter has just married Sophy Leavitt's grandsou. His mother, So- phy's child, married a Wilson." "Well, what of all that?" inquired Grandfather Goodyear, rubbing his :forehead in great confusion of mind. "It's the fashion to keep all the fam- ley names," said Old Lady Goodyear, •severely. "Yoti bear how grand it •sounds: "'Married, at the home of the bride's 'mother, Mrs. Frederick Cummings - Toby, by Rev. Harold Lowden Kirk- 'bright, irk'bright, Edith Smythe Cummings to George Broune Leavitt -Wilson: "Now, there's something for old Grandpa Broune and Grandma Smythe to be proud of—if they were alive." "M'm!" said Grandfather Goodyear. --Youth's Companion. His Condolence. �FAn English lord used to tell a story, of a,sheriff substitute he once knew - slightly. Although be was a very religious man, the sheriff had his faults, and - one of these was that he had a habit . of using strong language without re- . alining what his words implied. The • sheriff's best friend was the minister • of the parish, and a great misfortune befell the reverend gentleman by the • death of his wife. The sheriff wished to express his sympathy, but he found himself quite at a loss to know what to say. He • sat for a long time scratching his head and puzzling himself to know what he • could say to the minister. At last he blurted out, "Well, minister, this is a d-1 of a business."—London Express. 4 THE. MILITARY SGUARE- A Formation Borrowed by Wallace From Om -lemings. The greatest of all Smallish outlives. saries is that of Hanuuckburn, fought in the year 1314. Apart from Its bear- ing on the independence of Scotland, the battle will always have an excep- tional interest from the military point of view, as Bannockburn may be said to have been the birthplace of tbe British square. "Proud Edward's" army mainly consisted of cavalry, while that of the Scots, on the other hand, was almost exclusively composed of foot folk armed with the spear, and these Bruce threw into "schil- troms," or oblong squares, a formation borrowed by Wallace from the Flem- ings, who had employed it with suc- cess at Courtray to resist the charge of the English cavalry. Hitherto the mounted mail clad knight had carried everything before bim, but Courtray and Bannockburn proved that he was powerless to break resolute spear armed infantry drawn up in "schiitrom," or hedgehog, forma- tion, and these two battles revolution- ized the tactics of the continent and of our own island. Profiting by the lesson which bad been taught them at Bannockburn, the English applied the tactics of the Scots with brilliant success at Crecy and still more at Agincourt. As it was the Scots who may be said to have originated tilt British square at Bannockburn, so it was they again who at Balaklava were the first to discard it with their "thin red line," and now, owing to our changed conditions of warfare, it is discarded altogether.—London Chron- icle. Moon Worship In China. The fete of the moon is celebrated in ,China in the eighth month of the year, • and this lasts six days. Presents are then made on which the figure of the moon is apparent, and a large pagoda Is illuminated. Firecrackers and mu - .sic and family reunions prevail. A midnight banquet on the last night ter- ,minates the feast, and then the de- • scent of the goddess of the moon, which we call the man iii the moon; is awaited. She is supposed to visit the • earth at this time to grant the wishes of mortals. The moon with the Chi- nese is the patroness of poetry, and autumn is the poet's favorite season. Like a Mental Moving Picture. Baker—People who have been near ,drowning say that in an instant all the =events of their past lives are presented to their mental vision. Barker—I don't believe it. Baker—Why not? Barker —If it were true they wouldn't allow themselves to be rescued.—Life. Kidney Disease For Years This Well Known Gentleman Strongly Recommends "Fruit -a -Lives" to all Sufferers. MOHAMMEDANS OF INDIA. Superstition Seems to Govern Most of Their Actions. Mohammedans of India are very superstitious. No Mohammedan will take a bath on Sunday or Tuesday. But if one bathes on Wednesday all misfortunes and misery that are in store for him till the nest Wednesday a jll be averted. As a rule, all Moham- medans bathe on Fridays before going to perform the jumma prayers. For donning new clothes Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday are regarded as bad days.. If any one dons a new dress or puts on a new cloth or allows his tailor to cut a piece of cloth on these days, he will live u miserable life till that dress or clotb gets torn or is thrown away. If a shirt is torn and if the wearer wants to stitch it, it must be taken off, for if it is stitched while on the body the person will soon die. A Moham- medan will never allow a barber to come near him on Tuesdays, for Tues- days and Saturdays and Sundays are bad days for shaving. If absolutely uecessary he will get himself shaved on Saturday or Sunday, but never oh Tuesday, as his star is supposed to fall in blood if be does so. if one receives money or some valuable thing, it is taken with the right hand, for if it is taken with the left the person re- ceiving it is said to forget all about it very soon or to mislay it. A. de- vout Mohammedan will not start on a journey on Wednesdaay, for it is be- lieved he will never return home safe- ly if he does so. And it is said that even a snake never ventures out of its bole on this day. The Advantage. Phyllis—I suppose Inenneth's marry- ing you depends onwhat your father finds out about him. Mildred—Yes, partially, and partially what he finds out about papa. Fortunately, papa has the advantage of experience. —Vogue. Finance. V'isi'tor, --'Why are you naughty so mneh of the time? Bobby—Mamma gives me a nickel every time 1 promise to bo good, and she never wants mei to promise to be good unless I'm nangbty. Cleveland Leader. £[evator Baguette.• "DO .you think a mats ought to take ,Dfi;' his hitt in an elevator wheizflea lire ]adieu ptresent2" "Not if he is prettnrell bald 2E4 tthe ladies are young."--tfhldilytd ' A Snake Story. The family were at dinner when there came a tap at a door seldom opened. Winning no attention, it was repeated and again a third time, though more softly, and then the door was swung back and, behold, there was a snake, knocking at the portals of hospitality! Down upon its head, in conformity with the decree of tradi- tion and with Ezra's understanding of scriptural direction, crunched a Brit- ish ritish boot. It was a mother snake, who, having bravely overcome her fear of man, was seeking sustenance, not for herself perhaps, though she was starv- ing, but more likely for the little ones that were found in the grass by the brook. Thus for once, at any rate, did the craftiness of the devil succumb to the instinct of motherhood.—George B. M. Harvey in North American Re- view. JAMES DINGWALL, EEL, "I have much pleasure in testifying to the almost marvellous benefit I have derived from taking "Fruit -a -fives." I was a lifelong sufferer from Chronic Constipation, and the only medicine I ever secured to do me any real good was "Fruit -a -rives." This medicine cured me when everything else failed. Also, last spring I had a severe ATTACK OF BLADDER TROUBLE WITH KIDNEY TROUBLE, and "Fruit-a-tives" cured these complaints for me, when the physician attending me had practically given me up. I am now over eighty years of age and I can strongly recommend "Fruit - a -Lives" for chronic constipation and bladder and kidney trouble. This medicine is very mild like fruit, is easy to take, but most effective in action." (Signed) JAMES DINGWALL. Williamstown, Ont„ July 27th, 1908. sac a box, 6 for $2.5o—or trial box, 25c —at dealers or from Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. PLANKED 'BEFSTEEAK.� _-_.. How to Prepare and Serve This Tasty and Appetizing Dish. To plank a beefsteak the first im- portant. step is to select your plank. This should be of hard wood, well seasoned, prefeeably of live oak, hickory, cedar or cherry, and it can be made to order of a size to fit your oven, or you can buy a good one at the house furnishing stores costing from 50 cents up, according to size. One that is used for fish should not be used for meat, as the fish plank should not be washed, simply scrap- ed each time after using, and its flavor will impregnate the meat. If you have a homemade plank you can use galvanized wire tacks to hold the steak in place, but the purchased ones have a wire attachment for this purpose, and some of them have also grooves to hold the juices of the article that is being cooked. For planking a sirloin or porter- house steak is usually selected. It should be cut thick and be of the best quality. If you desire your steak well done it must first be placed on a broiler and broiled both sides, one side being better done than the other. Then fasten the well -cooked side to the plank, which should have been heated in the oven until sizzling hot. Finish the broiling under a gas flame or before a broiling fire of coals. For rare or medium done steak fasten raw on the hot' plank— hot enough to char it at once. When broiled to suit the taste sprinkle with salt, pepper and a little paprika, dot with bits of butter and set on the opened oven door while you trim with the various us ve etablus. These should be all read y so as to lose no time. There should be ,lot mashed creamy potatoes that can be piped around the edges of the plank, using a pastry tube, or the potato can be mounted into little rosettes at either end or equidistant. lle- tween these arrange little mounds of tiny boiled and well -seasoned onions, • well -seasoned peas, carrots or cauli- flower. Fill in open spaces with bits of • parsley or watercress or surround the potato with a wreath of the green. A lemon cup filled with maitre d'hotel butter cat be placed at either end of the plank if desired. Mush- rooms often appear as a part of the garnish, and from the meat juice caught in the broiler or from bee stock a well -seasoned sauce may be made to be passed when enving the meat. Of course the steal in s nt to the table on the plank, setting it on a large salver or tray. Serviceable and Cheap. The old gentleman showed a good deal of displeasure. "It seems to me," he exclaimed testily, "rather presumptuous for a youth in your position to ask for my daughter's hand! Can you advance .any good reason why I should give my consent?" "Certainly, sir," promptly replied the suitor, (He refrained from add- ing, "Because I suit 'er," . being a respectable young gentleman.) What?' pressed the old malt_ "I am comparatively modest and economical in my personal expendi- ture," replied the suitor, "and 1' think, sir, that, altogether, you will find me less costly to maintain than almost any other son-in-law you could' select."—London Answers. An Admission. It was at a lettle northwestern town in New South Wales. A traveling Englishman stood on the veranda of the public house watching the sun go down across the Black Soil plains in a splendor of purple and gold. "By Jove," he exclaimed to an im- passive bushman • who was lounging against a post, "that's gorgeous, isn't it?" The bushman slanted his head a little and looked critically at the glowing west. "Not bad," he drawl- ed, "not bad—fer a little place like Boggabri." The "Macaroni.e The "macaroni" vlt tact squisites or fops who in England. amt. France led the fashions from 1780 to 1785 and were distinguished uy an immense knot of artificial hair worn on the top of their heads. A small cocked hat which perched ridiculously on their topknot, satin or brocadd coats and small clothes fitting tightly to the body and silk stockings with ribbon garters composed the costume of these fash- ionable gentlemen, who invariably car, tied a long walking stick with tassels attached and frequently a bouquet tied to the handle and encouraged a minc- ing and affected gait and manner. There was during the war for inde- pendence a body of Maryland soldiers who on account of their showy une- forms were called "macaroni." She Had Learned. "The hardest thing to ucgrtire, miss," said the dramatics teaeher. "Is the art of laughing naturally without Helene ent effort." "Oh, I've get that down tine," said the Would he soubrette. "1 typewrote for three year's for a man who was al- ways telling ale funny stories about lee little boy."•-iltdittnupoils Sews. C' h I :ee'N. Mrs.—Oh, :lace: Dotty told rue the tuoet exciting secret. and tirade Inc event m'vtr to tell n living scan! elle— .; ell. hurry up wit lett. I'M late to the ollire ter. ---Cleveland t,eader. The tore 01 the lwaith o! the people le the first duty of etatesmeUA,—DI8' rack. Two Texts. A church in Scotland being vacant, two candidates offered to preach, their names being Adam and Low. The last named preached in the morn- ing, taking for his text, "Adam, where art thou?" The congregation' was much pleased and edified. Mr. Adam preached in the even- ing, taking for his text, "Lo (Low), here and I!' The impromptu and the sermon gained him the church. "Bronchitis." 4fOUNO D UCV..). They Have No Instinctive Impulse to. E»ter the Winter. It has rustled out. mete' the ::eare•h lug t'xl tti'ttllerp8l leen of 1'eet'111 years. teat tuneh teal we ,nave supposed to bre iustine•t In auinntls is not lustinttt at all. For example. the loath dnc•k 111'0v0S 10 have 110 in51111(11ve impulse 10 ether the water. dune not reeogotze the element by sight and ie. in shore in precisely the sande situulifm as a chink until. by happy c•natr•e, it gels its legs wet. N'et leggy:, however, and the lift of the water on the body at once start up the swimming reaction. and ,away salla the dw•k11ug. as chick- ens and children do not The chick. on its part, has a definite instinct to peel; at any small object that catches Its eve. 'That takes care of its feeding. But the chick has no corresponding instinct to drink and would die of thirst before it would recognize water by sight alone. Drink- ing it has to learn for itself by neck- ing at dewdrops or spots of light on the surfaee of the water or partleles at the bottom of Its cup. Even the ben, contrary to general belief. proves to have no instinctive fear of the wa- ter for her offspring. A hen that has raised a few broods of ducks and seen them take to the water becomes highly distressed when a subsequent hatch of chickens do not swim. In fact, hens have been reported under these cir- cumstances to lead their chicks to the waterside and push them in.--Mc- Clure's Magazine. Flowers Which Won't Mix. The florist frowned as he took up an order for a table decoration. "That will never do," he muttered. After calling up the customer and suggest- ing a change, he told his new clerk a few things. "You must never take an order that calls for a mixture of mignon- ette and roses," he sat 1. "A cel'+r-- niece of those two flowers wouldn't last half through the luncheon. They simply wilt one another. I elen't know why, but they can't get along together. "It is true of many flowers. Pan- sies, for instance, last twice as long if they are not combined with any other flower, and the same may be said of violets. Jonquils and daffo- dils, on the other hand, seem to get a new lease of life if you coml iile considerable green with them. Car- nations will go all to pieces if you combine them with roses, although the roses do not seem to be affected. "It is more striking in combina- tions of green with flowers. If you try to use an entirely different type of foliage from what the flower is used to, it won't last so long. 'n I never put feathery foliage with lilies of the valley, for you know its natur- al foliage is a thick leaf. I never use thick leaves with carnations, for their foliage is of the feathery type. It isn't as though the flowers fought, but they seem to grieve at being mis- understood." THE SYMPTOMS ARE Tightness across the Chest, Sharp Pains and a Difficulty in Breathing, a Secretion of Thick Phlegm, at first white, but later of a greenish or yellowish color coining from the bronchial tubes when coughing, especially the first thing in the morning. Bronchitis is generally the result of a cold caused by exposure to wet and inclement weather and when neglected will become chronic. Chronic Bronchitis is one of the most general causes of Consumption. Cute the first symptoms of Bronchitis by the use of Dr. Woods Norway Pine Syrup +++++++4+ Miss Martha Bour- 4- ♦ get, Little Patios, 4 -Bronchitis ♦ ante., writes: "Last Cured. ♦ spring I was very + poorly, had a bad ++4.-4-.444-.4-4- cough, sick bead- a c h e, could not sleep, and was tired all the time. I con- sulted two doctors, and both told me I had bronchitis, and advised me to give up teaching. I tried almost everything but none of the medicines gave roe any relief. One of my friends advised me to try Dr. Woods Norway Pine Syrup. I had scarcely taken the first bottle when I began to get better and when I had taken the fourth bottle I felt as well as ever, ins cough had left me and I could sleep well." Dr. Wood'e is the original Pine Syrup. It is put upin a yellow wrapper, three pine trees te trade mark, and the price 25 cents. There are many imitations of "Dr. Wood's" so be cure you receive the genuine when you ask for it. Manufactured, only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. "What We Want Are Facts." The sentence "What we want are facts" is correct, says The Literary Digest. This decision is based on the following from Goold Brown's "Gram- mar of English Grammars." page 2e9: "What is a kind of double relative, equivalent to that which or taw:' which" (making it singular or pined according to the meaning). On pre: 300 of the same work occurs the fol. lowing: "Obs. 9. The pronoun what is usually of the singular number, though sometimes plural, as: 'I must turn to the faults, or what app"tn such to m-• 3 LU y n.' ':.11 di stor io 1s , and mimicries, as such, are what seise aversion instead of pleases...— Steele. lease1 ._-Steele. 'Every sine', ilr;nred ion. made even, by the sande •bi'ct. is ,fis. tinguisle frau what 11 v.' g•'ne b - f•:)re and from who 511eeel.—I.. ne "Elements of Criticism." ' NESTS IN GULF WEED. Breeding Place of the Flying Fish In the Sargasso Sea. In the middle of the north Atlantie there is an area of comparatively still water almost equal to continental Europe in extent and more or less covered with floating seaweed. It was known as the Mar de Sargaco to Co- lumbus and the early navigators and is the Sargasso sea of modern geog- raphers. The floating seaweed was formerly, supposed to have grown near the Ba- hama and Florida shores and to have drifted to its present position. It is uow, however, known to grow and propagate itself where it is found. In it are 'found globular masses of weed containing fish eggs and known as fish nests. Investigations sbow that the floating weed of the Sargasso sea is the chosen breeding place of species of flying fish. The eggs found in the nests were at- tributed to certain species of fish found resting on them, but careful examina- tion of the eggs sbows that they really belong to flying fish. Apparently, bowever. the flying fish do not make the nests themselves. Each end of the egg of these fish is furnished with bunches of very long filamentary tendrils, and by means of these the finely divided branches of the Sargassum weed havebeencaught together in globular masses. The eggs. may be said to have made their own nest.—London Field. Rather Antbieuo'.ts Rev. lir. U•.r,enl ha.i not )e' i.t i t;t e opinions 01 hie C,tlr 1'e•it t. 4'., 1ih0 y.e're unaieimous in aseerti'ig thee he was iceolia'1 and sok c"it';ef. Ii: col: i...ter:ed hiulse"a r t ..tiy sem. .1 •r•'d and, nu'etin, an old German fri 'ltd tI his in the sti, 't one ..:. emir to retail his wu.'s, e:adi: g ;saying: "end the en:lre:nettr•"e-' '.cir' tt a.• 11 .'d 011' 0 perfect eite. LIy cloth )r••veitts ere limn resontinC ies'tlt- t I think 1 shall set's to it it: t!t' 1)''_ni) n ee.t Spinel; y. 'What woul.l you m vise?" '!l,P frit`edt " rc't:li ,•: t'h (1 ''''rt:) ' ?ri'igly. "1 1:1+•'w 11 iF, but 1 t •'i' 1 ell you can do vi:lbeyoust to t'1 ,11, 1.• .u.aa:rl . ---1 e .a:.•1'.'� An Exteaerdinary l'tcwcr. Ore of the Ino.et r,ctra'ir,linary flow- s+ e,-ll;v• tem te 11,.11's t: ct::rylli=. i.-,.c'lt reverees the order of nature b. b • en ring in mid.siiimn er uit'.)uu' i,y tali g .. Ordinary bulbs bloom tri the spring tied rest in elm nee, am ar llis suddenly ape p'al's out of the bare ground dur;t.g tee dry season. This eitr•::orelinary plant has fragrant, rosy Mae flowers n'.:ieli are banded with yellow. In the spring tale lelatrt heal.' their growth noel die, rand after a long in. leave' of rest the, flower stalks appear with the strengo' fiect beret tle,eribed. Ctu:uctl Magazin 7" ,r Make Each Animal Worth 25010 Over Its Cost Bismarck and 3. Bismarck had an intense aversion to 13, but a veneration for the num- ber 3. His reasons for his pre- dilection were that be served three masters; be was responsible for and fought in three great wars; be signed three treaties of peace; he arranged the meeting of three emperors; he es- tablished the triple alliance; in the Franco-Prussian wart tee horses were killed under" him; be bad three names (Bismarck. Scboenbausen and Lauen- burg); he acquired three titles (count, prince, duke); the ancient arms of his family are a leaf of clover and three oak leaves. IIis family motto, "In trtuftate robur" ('Strength in trin- ity"), was surely in itself sufficient to give a leaning in this particular direc- tion. So closely were his feelings as- sociated with tbe triple number that the caricaturists representedhim with three hales ou 1'i` held., He had three children. EEL" 2:04 Larg(31 (Winner of any pacer on Grand Circuit, '0 On of a Cent a Day Nobody ever heard of"stock food" curing the bots or coiio, matin* hens lay in winter, increasing the yield of mink five pounds per cow a cety, or restoring rundown animals to plumpness and vigor. When you feed 'stoclkfood" to your cow, horse, swine or poultry, You are merely feeding them what you are growing on your own farm. Your animals do peed not more feed, but something to help their bodies get all the good out of the feed you give them so they can get fat and stay fat all year round; also to prevent Meease, cure disease and keep them up to the best possible condition. No "sse tock food" can do all the things. ROYAL PURP(.E STOCK SPECIFIC can and does. It is Not a "Stock Food" But a "Conditioner" ROYAL PURPLE STOCK SPECIFIC contains no grain. nor Cum products. It increases yield of milk from three to five pounds per cow per day before the Specific has been used two weeks. It makes the milk richer and adds flesh faster than any other preparation known. Young calves fed with ROYAL PURPLE are as large at six week old as they would be when; fed with ordinary materials at ten weeks. ROYAL PURPLE STOCK SPECIFIC builds up rundown animals and restores them to plumpness almost magically. Cures bots, colic, worms. skin diseases and debility ierinanently. Dan Mctswan,thehorseman,says:Ahaveused ROYAL PURPLE STOCK SPEC1FIC persistently in the feeding of 'The Eel; 2.0'4, Largest winner of any pacer on (,rand Circuit in 1908. and 'Henry Winters; 2.091, brother of 'Allen Winters,' winner of $ao,c00 in trotting stakes in 1008. These horses have never been ole their feed since 1 commences using Royal Purple Specific almost a year ago, and 1 will always have it in my stables." • No Old Maids. "We'd have no old maids if we took a lesson from the ancient Babylonians." a spinster said. "1n Babylon unmar- ried women were graded by the state according to their looks. For a beauti- ful young wife the state demanded a large number of gold pierces, a less desirable wife cast a smaller number of gold pieces, and this money was all paid out again nµ rewards to those vvho married elderly. unattractive girls. 'i'us it oust 11 reroute to sherry beau- ty, but 1f yon Om flied 11rIluess a for- tune carne to you; hence ail was bap- pinese in ttabylone mud old m10ls were unknown." STOCK ASID POULTRY SPECIFICS' One 50c.package of ROYAL PURPLE STOCK SPECIFIC will last one animal seventy days, which is a little over two•thirds of a cent a day. Most stock foods in fifty cent packages last but fifty days and are given three times a day. ROYAL PURPLE STOCK SPECIFIC is given but once a day, and lasts half again as long. A 81,50 pan containing four times the amount of the fifty cent package will last 280days. ROYAL, PURPLE will increase the value of your stock 2V: It is an astonishingly quick fattener, stimulating the appetite and the relish for food,•assisting nature to digest and turn feed into flesh. Asa hog fattener it isa leader. It will save many times its cost inveterinary bias. ROYAL PURPLE POULTRY SPECI- FIC is our other Specific for poultry, not for stock. One 50 cent package will last twenty-five hens 70 days, or pail costing $1.50 will fast twenty-five hens 280 days, which is four times more material for only three times the cost. It makes a "laying machine" out of your hens. summer and winter. prevents fowls losing flesh at moultingtime, and cures poultry diseases. Every package of ROYAL. PURPLE STOCK SPECIIC or POULTRY SPECIFIC is guaranteed. ,lustROYAL PURPLE c i use U PLE on one of your animals and any other pr drat oil on another animal in the same condition: after comparing results you will sayROYAL PURPLE has them all beat to death, or else back comes your money. FREE—Ask your merchant or write us for our valuable 52 -page booklet on cattle and poultry diseases, containing also 000king vaccines and full particulars about ROYAL PURPLE STOCK and POUL- TRY SPECIFICS. If you cannot get Royal Purple Specifics from merchants or agents, we wilt supply you direct, express prepaid, on receipt of 51.50 a pail for either Poultry or Stock Specifics, Make money acting as our agent in your district. Write for terms. • For sale by all up-to-date merchants. W, A. Jenkins Mfg, Co,, London, Can, Royal Purple Stock and Poultry specifies and fres b )oklets are kept in stock by J. Walton McKibbon and `r. A. 91itis. Bolingbroke's Retort. When Bolingbroke. who was at Att. la -Chapelle during the treaty of peace at that place, :tt which time his at- tainder was not removed. was asked by nn impertinent Frenchman whether he came there in n ny public character, his lordship answered: "Not at ell. I came litre a French minister, with no character at all." The Audience. The Actor m terrible bore) --Awfully had arrangements at Jayville. flayed "Mallet" there last week. Somebody 'boated ","'ire!" and it took twenty minutes for the audience to get out. Itis Cictint-1 s'pose the poor beggar was lame—what? tt 1#1 LAX AN .Q TRlitI Itt :E -i ., Christmas AND New Year Excursions Between all stations in Oanade, also to Detroit, Port Huron, Mioh., Ban faio Blaok R )ek, Niagara Fella and Suspension Bridge, N. Y. AT SINGLE FARE God going Deo. 241b and 25th. 1909. Returning until Dia 276h. 1909. Also good croing Dta, 31st, 1909 and Jan. 1st, 1910. Returning until Jan. 3rd, 1910. AT FARE AND ONE TEIIRD Good going Deo, 21st to Deo. 25th inclusive, Returning until Jan. 5th, 1910. Alco good going Deo. 28th, 1909, to Jan. let, 1910. Rattuning until Jan. 5th, 1910. For tickets mid further information call on W. Henry, Depot Agent or address J. D. McDonald, D. P. A., Toronto. nealou's. A country convert, full of zeal, in his fleet prayer meeting remarks of- fered himself for service. "I am ready to do anything the Lord asks of ale," said be, "so long as It's honorable." They are never alone that are accom- panied by noble thoughts.—Sir Philip Sidney. _. .. anted Girls wanted for newest, brightest, cleanest and most up-to-date blouse and white - wear frtetory in Canada. Work consists of sewing Ladies' waists. Girls ex- perienced on power sewing machines preferred, but be- ginners will be taught. Comfortable quarters, steady work, good wages. The Star Whilewear Mfg1 Co. BERLIN - ONT. CHRISTMAS STAMP CAMPAIGN THE 1909 BATTLE AGAINST THE DREAD WHITE PLAGUE. Available Beds in the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives Increased Three -Fold as a Result of Last Year's Sale of Christmas Stamps. The Number Can Be Doubled This Year If Everyone Will Help. PRY XMAS d HAPPY `"� NEWYEAR ;, 1909.10 STIMULATED by the success of a yearago theNational Sanitarium Associa- tion have made large preparations for the sale of the Christmas Stamp of 1900-10, is- sued on behalf of the Muskoka Free Hos- pital for Consump- tives. Nearly $6,000.00 was netted from last year's sale, making it possible for the trustees to increase the available beds for needy patients from an aver- age of fifty-five a year ago to one hundred and forty, the accommodation to -day. The trustees are hopeful. that they may bring the accommodation up to 300 beds as the outcome of this year's sale of this little one cent messenger of hope and healing. The Christmas Stamp, as a means of fighting the dread white pingue, had its origin in Denmark in 1901, the sale from which has financed a hospital for consumptives in that country. The idea was taken up by the Red Cross Society of the United States in 1907, and interest has grown each year, A gear ago a Christmas stamp of special design was put in circulation by the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives with the success already indicated in this article. The price of the individual stamp is only one cent, but what wonderful things can be accomplished by so tiny an instrument. There 15 no reason why everyone who writes a letter, addresses a postcard, nails a news- paper or parcel from this day out should not use one of these statnps. The educational tame of the stamp appearing on every .piece of nail mat- ter wonid be enormous. One can ha - ly figure up the material results. It uld paean a routing o ,the enemy Tuberculosis that would bring hope and joy and gladness to thousands of homes and communities in all parts of Canada. The stampof 1909 is more beautiful than that oa year ago. The design is as shown in this article, but printed in red and green, and is of same size as the regular government postage stamp. This Christmas stamp will not carry any kind of mail, but any kind of mail will carry it—and carry too the happy Season's Greetings from sender to re- ceiver. The stamps will be done tip in envelopes of ten, twenty-five, fifty and one hundred for ordinary selling, and large users will be supplied in quan- tities. The price for ten or for one thousand is a cent each. The banks, departmental stores, drug stores, book and stationery stores and many other stores will sell. thein. Women's clubs, church organi- zations, bible classes and Sunday schools, public schools, and many other organizations and individuals' will help this year as last year. There would seem to be no reason. why everybody everywhere may not help in forming en army of willing workers to sell these stamps all over the Dominion. The Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives is iii the fullest sense a national institution caring for patients from every pro- vince in Canada. The first issue of the stamp for this year is one million, and these will be put into circulation inttnediately, but there can hardly be any reason why the issue should not be increased many times over before Christmas. The direction of the sale of C•htist- mac Stamps is in the hands of Mr. J. S. Robertson, Sec. -Treasurer. National S&liitariutn Association, 317 King St et, 'West, Toronto, who will give ilr mpt reply to any enquiries 1'c,';u::c1 ' i ' the stamp.